Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, however, had said recently that as per an analysis shared with him by an expert, "the yearly load on telecom operators is going to be about Rs 5,300 crore...and 1.3 paise per minute call".

While sparing passengers in his Rail Budget, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu had proposed an average hike of 3.2 percent in freight rates which is expected to have a direct impact on consumers of essential commodities and steel and aluminium industries.

Bullion may be set to give up recent gains fueled by the Fed's March policy statement that it was prepared to move more slowly in hiking US rates than the market expected. The metal rose for seven consecutive sessions after the Fed's meeting this month in its longest rally since 2012.

Last year, the company had given salary hikes of about 6-8 percent to employees in India, and about 1-2 percent for onsite employees. This is the first wage hike to be rolled out since Vishal Sikka took over as the chief executive in August last year.

Discussing the final outcome of spectrum auction, Jaideep Ghosh of KPMG said the bids were as per expectations as telcom companies had to renew their licences. He feels the auction has set forward new industry dynamics for the next 20 years.

According to Angel Commoditing, gold and silver prices to trade higher on weak dollar coupled with delayed interest rate hike in the US. Besides, bargain hunting after a recent rally will also lift prices higher.

Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, however, had said recently that as per an analysis shared with him by an expert, "the yearly load on telecom operators is going to be about Rs 5,300 crore...and 1.3 paise per minute call".

Bullion may be set to give up recent gains fueled by the Fed's March policy statement that it was prepared to move more slowly in hiking US rates than the market expected. The metal rose for seven consecutive sessions after the Fed's meeting this month in its longest rally since 2012.

While sparing passengers in his Rail Budget, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu had proposed an average hike of 3.2 percent in freight rates which is expected to have a direct impact on consumers of essential commodities and steel and aluminium industries.

Last year, the company had given salary hikes of about 6-8 percent to employees in India, and about 1-2 percent for onsite employees. This is the first wage hike to be rolled out since Vishal Sikka took over as the chief executive in August last year.

Discussing the final outcome of spectrum auction, Jaideep Ghosh of KPMG said the bids were as per expectations as telcom companies had to renew their licences. He feels the auction has set forward new industry dynamics for the next 20 years.

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Minister deserves a 8 grade, first on speaking the truth about past perfidy , having guts to hike the fares & then giving shape to a bright future.He had barely 45 days to handle this, When FDI & PPP are going to be main sourcing how can be specific at this time

from 132 levels i`m giving sell calls with target of 110 and 100 while all are giving buy call for tgt of 142-150 etc. my target is on this month is 100 and now revised to to 90. federal bank may goto the previous levels of 80 by next month. 50% hiked in 2 month, so it will again on that levels

Gas price must be left to auction as Supreme Court and CAG both will not object also if buyers feel costly they must not buy from auction and must buy from abroad .ongc will get rate hike in crude rate to 68 dollars instead of 56 dollar that will help more exploration .board must list ongc videsh

Profit booking was expected from players and funds in the game called Stock Market, and exactly what happened after two days of buoyancy. But markets may expect another hike before and till the day of budget and may peak beyond27000. Be np desperate seller. Players will want another boom

Do not for a moment forget that even after `the steep hikes in passenger fares` the Indian Railways are still the cheapest in the world! Even if we have to modernize the basic facilities there is a cost involved and this has to recovered.

No new train or project is announced. So a gap in development and growth. Industry will have its own share of backlash. Food courts will not meet the need of the poor. So is the precooked foods. They are already costly. They will definitely charge more on a train. Already fare is hiked. People